SIEMMI COUNT! OBSEMER
8Ü> Grade Graduate*
Come From 17 Schools
ALONG LIFE’S
Field Meet Won With
Large Margin by Wasco
Foss & Co., IQC-
100 yard daah A—Dutton,, Wasco,
Following is the names of all the
1st»
May, W mco , 2nd; Andrews,
pupils attending the schools of Sher
Wasco,
3rd. Time Ils.
By
THOMAS
A.
CLARK
man county who have passed the fi
Moro, Oregon
C. L. I reland
i > mmi •«
•* »n—’ 100 yard dash B—Elliott, Moro,
nal eighth grade examinations and
Editor and Publisher
1st; Root, Wasco, 2nd; Summer
also the names of % all who have
well,
Wasco, 3rd; Time 12s.
passed the final eighth grade exami
50 yard dash C—Barnett, Wasco,
Entered sa second class
al
REDEEMING THE TIME
nations
conditionally
by
reason
of
post office at Moro, Oregon, July 2S, 1891
1st;
Richelderfer, Wasco, 2nd;
failure to reach passing grades in not
«/-p
HE chemistry building is full Barzee, Moro, 8rd. Time 7s.
1
more than one subject.
1 today,” an undergraduate said Mile run A—R. Nunn, Wasco, 1st;
The abbreviation P after a pupil’s to me late in May as we were walking Bryant, Moro, 2nd; L. Nunn, Wasco,
name signifies passing in all subjects. past that structure. •
3rd; Time 5m 24 4-5s.
Three School* Graduate
“What’s the show?” I asked.
The abbreviation C after a pupil s
50 yard daah A girls—Marie Ax
“
Oh,
it
’
s
the
loafers
and
the
pro
Pupil* With High Rank name signifies failure to pass in one
tell,
Moro, 1st; Virginia Smith,
subject.
Those who have failed to crastinators trying to make up for lost Wasco, 2nd; Norma Powell, Moro,
time.
A
good
lot
of
fellows
plsn
to
In connection with the complete pass or those who have passed condi
list of graduates of the eighth grade tionally may take an examination in do most xif their work the last three 3rd. Time 6 4-5s.
50 yard deeh B girls—Marie Ax
weeks of the semester.”
from all the schools of Sherman the conditional subject or an entire
It is a misconception not confined tell, Moro, 1st; Norma Powell 2nd;
county, printed in another columi
ew eighth grade examination ac to youth that if you let opportunity go Doris Payne, Rufus, 3rd. Time 7s.«
of this weeks issue of the Sherma
cording to the terms of a notice pub- by you, you can catch her easily by
50 yard dash C girls—Charlotte
County Observer, the records at the ished elsewhere in the Sherman cutting round the corner.
Johnson,
Moro, 1st; June Brackett,
“My son failed in two subjects last
office of County Superintendent County Observer by the county
i Rufus, 2nd. Time 7 3-5s.
semester,
”
a
father
wrote
to
me
this
Zevely show that the three pupils school superintendent.
220 yard daah A—Dutton, Wasco,
week “Since be has now got the hang
X'. ho passed with highest rating m the
Biglow school—Elizabeth Vivian ®f the college, will it not be possible 1st; Burr es, Wasco, 2nd; Gragg,
<ounty are Doris Payne of R .fu! Bolton, P; LaRue Little, P; Will-
next semester for him to carry these Moro, 3rd., Time 25 4-5s.
school, highest; Dona Luttrell c
two subjects in addition to his regular
120 yard hurdles B—Root, ^Tasco,
.m Macnab, P.
(.rass Valley school, second highes.
course ? The subjects be failed in ought 1st; Royse, Wasco, Ynd; Henna
,
Brock
school
—
Ruth
Wilson,
P,
Henrietta Akers of Klondike school,
to be easy foj him now." Having car
Opal Addington, P; William Ed- 1 ried but half their work one semester, gin, Moro, 3rd. Time 16s.
third highest.
r
120 yard hurdles A—Myer, Wasco,
If there is anything in the world you would like to lose, it’s tbit .disturbing
mondson, P.
most loafers feel confident that they
1st;
Peets, Äoto, 2nd; Chase, Ru
Rufus school—Rebecca Nell Lang can easily curry four times as much
nerve-upsetting squeak. Drive your car into the Foss & Co. garage and we
fus, 3rd. Time 19 3~5s.
ford, P; Lois Elizabeth Fowlie, P; the next.
Contract Let For 1926
I
Relay
race
A-B-C
girls
—
Moro,
1st;
will get rid of that noise in a hurry. We do the kind of work that will
“
I
can
make
it
up
before
the
end
of
Auto Licente Plate* E.D.Blaine, P; Helen Doris Payne,P. the semester.” “When I get out of Rufus 2nd; , Wasco 3rd. Time 21
Locust Grove school—Hardld L. college I shall find time for all these
please you.
3-54.
*
t
Contract for providing the 1926 White, P; Harold Goin, C.
things.” “After I am married I intend
Shot put A—Myers, Wasco, 1st;
Oregon motor vehicle license plates
Wasco school—Rose Edna Moretz, to cut out all my bad habits.” How I distance 38 feet 3\kinch. Andrews,
has been let by SecreUry of SUte P; Hazel Gladys Miller, P; Kathryn familiar these things sound. It seems I Wasco, 2nd; distance 38 feet 2 in.
and the Very Best Grade of Tires, Tubes, Oils and Greases
Kozcr to a Portland firm on a bid Of E. Dutton, P; Kermit Summerwell, s simple mutter to redeem our lost Peeta, Moro, 3rd; 34 feet 10 inch.
time.
If
we
huve
social
or
Intellectual
$.1297 a pair. Only two bids were P; William Carl Reid, P; Darrell Max
Shot put B-—Root, Wasco, 1st;
or moral delinquencies we expect, all
entered, the Portland company being P; William Carl Reid, P Darrell Max
of us, to atone for them In the near distance 32 feet 5 ft inch. Benson,
low bidder by slightly more than two McQuillin, P; Mary Fortner, C.
future, and the longer we put It off Moro, 2nd; distance 30 feet 2 inch.
cents a set. The price for the 1926
Kent school—Stanley Higgins,C; the easier, often. It seems of accom Stradley, Grass Valley, 3rd; distance
plates is one-half a cent less than Edith E. Sias, C; Tessie A. Allen,C; pllshment.
Declamatory Honors
| 27 feet 10 inch.
»»t»n»:nnn»n»H»n»nmînî î îî»n»un»u i »u :i»i »n»» tm«»ttiwiiii uuung
Every sinner condones his evil life
that of the 1925 plates.
Thelma M. Howell, C; Gerald E.
Go to Five Schools
Half mile run A—R. Nunn,Wasco,
by promising himself that he will ere
The 1926 plates will be of black Kelly, C; Roger E. Haynes, C.
1st; H. Nunn, Wasco, 2nd; Bry
background with white letters. The
Webfoot school—Alice
Louise long become a saint; every loafer ex- I ant, Moro, 8rd. Time 2m 21s.
A large attendance of interested
contract calls for 200,000 sets of White, P; Erma M. Ferrell, P; Zel pects soon to brace up and get down I
school
patrons from all sections of
Running broad jump A—Chase,
to hard work and win success. Every
plates for pleasure cars and 17,000 la V. Seely, C.
Intellectual delinquent looks forward I Rufus, 1st; diitance 17 feet 11% Sherman county attended the Sher
sets of plates for trucks. In addition
Gorman school—Esther M.Pier, C. to the time when his studies will be I inch. Dutton, Wasco, 2nd; distance man county Declamatory and Orator
Blacksmith and Machine Shop
there will be 2700 pairs of license
DeMoss school—Lloyd Rice, P; creditably completed; every failure j 17 feet 6% inch. P. May, Wasco, ical contest held in Moro opera house
Plow Share Grinding
plates for motorcycles, 700 pairs of Rosemary Walker, P.
sits In the shade and dreams of the I [¿rd; distance 16 feet 5 inch.
the evening of Field Meet day last
plates for motor vehicle dealers and
Moro school—Kenneth McKean,P; time when be will have become a
Running broad jump C—Barnett, Saturday. The successful contest
Acetylene Welding
15,000 chauffeurs’ badges. It is esti Vivian Pauline Buell, P; Emmajean world-beater.
ants in each class and each division
Wasco,
1st;
distance
11
feet
11
inch.
There is not a young person today,
mated that the license plates con Stephens, P; Dorothy Alice Foss.P;
Wood Working in Connection
Richelderfer, Wasco, 2nd; distance were as follows:
tracted for will require 150 tons of Leon M. Cochran, C; Charles A. Rug if he amounts to anything, who will 11 feet 8% inch. Alley, Grass Val-
Class
D
—
Charlotte
Ruggles,
Kent
27 gauge -steel and 2000 gallons of gles, 0; Theodore Roosevelt Barnum, «▼er have ss much leisure time as he I icy, 3rd; distance 11 feet 1% inch. division, 1st; Lester Lee, Mdro divi
hss at this moment, who will ever
Let us give you prices on our
C; Thomas A. Stephens, C.
enamel.
have as easy a chance to be wise and |
Running broad jump B—Royse, sion, 2nd.
^donkland school—Marie Verdell good and happy as he has today. Ths rWasco, lit; distance 16 feet 6 inch.
Class C— Louise Moretz, Wasco
Penn*yl vania Vacuum Cup Tires
Axtell, P; Wendell Forest McLach-> time and the opportunity that are lost Root, Wasco, 2nd; distance 16 feet division, 1st; Evelyn Olds, Grass
are seldom, if ever, redeemed. Those I 3 inch. Hoanagin, Moro 3rd; dis- Valley division, 2nd.
We Have a Complete New Stock
lan, v.
“
.
Grass Valley school—Neal Rug who wait until the last to do their I tance 14 feet 2 inch.
Class B—Dorothy Foss, Moro dl-
gles, P; Dona Luttrell, P; Gail Hol i work, to make their reforms, usually
220 yard low hurdles A—N. May, /ision, 1st; Doris Payne, Rufus di-
zapfel, P; Stanley Krusow, C; Elsie fall. It is an old, old cry. this: “The Wasco, 1st; Myer, Wasco, 2nd; J. vision, 2nd.
M R- Schadewitz, Prop.
harvest is past, the summer Is ended,
Lemley, C; Frank Pike, C; Harriett and I am ndt saved." The time that I Thompson, Rufus, 3rd. Time 29 3-5s.
Class A—1 Maravene Carlisle, Ru-
Simpson, C; John W. Rust, C; Mar la lost Is seldom. If ever, redeemed.
HtRt ARE
Discus throw A—Andrews, Wasco, fus division, 1st; Hazel Morets, Was
tha Hodgkins, C; Dolores B. Baker,
AIOT OF
I 1st; distance 106 feet 10 inch. My- co division, 2nd.
At the close of the declamatory
FAMIUU1N
| C; Jessie Pike, C.
I ers, Wasco, 2nd; distance 100 feet
MÍRICA SO
1 Rutledge school—Walter E. Eakin, Mastodon Death Traps
9 inch. Peeta, Moro, 3rd; distance and oratorical contest, held !ast Sat
POORTHA
Make Our Modern Roads 94 feet 2 inch.
P; Gertrude Eakin, P; Leona M.
urday evening at Moro opera house,
HEY HAVE
the
Moro school through Principal
Payne, C.
Javelin throw A—Myers, Wasco,
ONLY ONE
MAIN STREET
An interesting article in a recent
Michigan
school—Grace
New-
1st; distance 149 feet 8 inch. Dut W. E. Buell, received the silver cup
issue
of
World
’
s
Work,
written
by
presented
by
the
field
meet
associa
comb, P.
ton, Wasco, 2nd; distance 117 feet
TO THEIR
Frederick Alan Thompson, starts
arber
hop
Wilcox school—Della Helyer, P.
9 inch. Chase, Rufus, 3rd; 106 feet tion to the most successful school in
NAML..
Klondike school—Henrietta Ak with mastodons in the prehistoric era
the county typing contest held
MORO,
OREGON
-
as the basis of an article on modern 6 inch.
ers, P.
Running high jump C—Alley, several weeks ago.
road
construction.
Strange
as
this
Buckley school—Hylan Clodfel-
Grass Valley, 1st; Richelderfer,
comparison may seem, the mastodon
ter, P.
Would Soo for Himaolf
Waaco, 2nd; Barnett, Wasco, 3rd.
Joe Truitt, Proprietor
stuck in a pool of asphalt and pre
Small Boy (to village preacher)—
Height
4
feet
2
inch.
served for thousands of years and the
Running high jump B—Royse, Ohl Mr. Spivens, Daddy aays you've
application of this water-tight ever
Wasco, 1st; H. Nunn, Wasco, 2nd; got “bats In your belfry”—can I come
lasting material as a road covering
Goin, Rufus, 3rd. Height 4 feet 11 up and see them one day?—From the
SHOWER BATHS
Passing Sho#, London.
have much in common.
Mr. Thompson says, “Through the inch.
Running high jump A—Peetz,
ages this seemingly deathless mater
I Moro, 1st; Height 5 feet 4 inch. No
OBSERVER WANT ADS
ial has had many practical uses. Now
PLAYERS
PIANOS
GRANDS
it affords luxurious pavements on 90 2nd or 3rd place.
-'oooooooootv: - ¿yw? ’ oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Rates: Under 15 words, 35c
Pole vault B—Benson, Moro, 1st;
PIANO TUNING
per cent of the famous thoroughfares
15 to 30 words, 50c
Rufus,
2nd;
Summerwell,
of the world. Appius tlaudius made Goin,
Over 30 wds., IHc per wd.
and ACTION REGULATING
C. V. Belknap, Proprietor
the Appian Way a great causeway of Wasco, 3rd. Height not stated.
Pole vault A—Myers, Wasco, 1st;
layers of stone three feet thick, be
A Recommended Expert
Chase, Rufus, 2nd; Carlisle, Rufus, FOR SALE—One McCormick com-
cause he didn’t know what a canny
. bined harvester in good repair;
Carry Complete Set of Piano Accessories
also a few good,, fresh milk cows.
Scotch engineer named Macadam 3rd. Height 10 feet.
Moro, Oregon
’ 440 yard relay race B—Wasco H. B. Belshee, Moro.
and all Tools necessary to do
found out eighteen centuries later.
Macadam’s theory was simplicity 1st; Moro 2nd. Time 55s.
HEMSTITCHING—Mail orders fill
Ladies and Children’s Hair Cutting
880 yard relay race A—Wasco
GOOD FIRST CLASS WORK
ed promptly. Mra. H. A. Woodruff,
itself. He said that no matter of
and Shingle Bobbing
1st;
Moro
2nd.
Time
Im
46s.
704
East
3rd
st,
The
Dalles.
i what structure you made a pavement
440 yard dash A—Burres, Wasco,
the earth must in the last analysis
Will be at Hotel Moro this coming week.
IOWA CREAM Separator in good
1st; Peetz, Moro, 2nd; L. Nunn,
condition for sale cheap.
Phil
hold it up, and that the earth,dry and
Call or Phone for work to be done
Starr, Moro.
I compacted, would ordinarily sustain I Wasco, 3rd. Time 60 l-5s.J
I any reasonable load; therefore, only
WE PAY parcel post one way on all
‘ I a shell, if water-tight, was needed
shoe repairing. Good quality work
and leather.
Joe Amore, The
11 over the dry earth. He found that Public Ownership of
Dalles,
opposite
th«
post office.
Utilities
Rabe
Taxes
I rock dust between angular broken
I stones, would, when set, form a mor-
Nearly 11 cents out of every dol
I tar and thus cement the stones into !
lar
received by the Portland Electric
I a waterproof shell—and so the Rom
Power
company in the form of gross
Say It With Flowers
an three-foot road became a mac-
earnings
dtfring 1924 will be paid
I adam six-inch road. But alas, for all
BUT
his brains, the Scotchman had not out for local,county, state and feder
Say
It
With Oura
al
government
taxes.
Its
gross
rev
I seen the coming of the automobile
enue
was
$10,841,617;
its
tax
bill
■i
I which, in passing sucked up the pre-
was
$1,140,000.
These
taxes
were
I cious rock dust and deftly sprayed it
MOTOR OIL
I over gardens and fresh laundered payed in three counties, to federal
“Merchant* of Beauty”
government
and
for
rental
for
using
I curtains. Right here, asphalt came
The Dalles, Oregon
I to the rescue. The grim tenacity of the Washington-Oregon interstate
bridge.
,
ANO
the clutch which held the mastodon
Under the program for public
Opposi ts First National Bank
I as though he were a fly, bound tight-
Phone 794
Night phone 690W
I ly together the stones against rend- ownership of such property as this
WITH A
I ing by the juggernauts of the road, it has never been claimed that more
I and at the same time, shed water like efficient or cheaper operation could
be secured. As publicly owned prop
1 a duck’s back.
NON DETONATING
I “Water is a tireless, resourceful, erties are tax-free, who would make
S
k
We Will Give
I cunning enemy of roads; if a pave- up to * the various departments of
I ment is not waterproof, water pene- government which collected in 1924,
20 Per Cent Discount
Now Demonstrating
I trates it and softens the underlying $1,140,000 tex revenue from
earth.
Asphalt is so flexible and property, the amount which could be
Until August 1st
at the Ray Hulse farm east of Moro
———t
resilient that the severe stresses set lost under public ownership? Should
on w
up by nature have no effect on its the general taxpayer be assessed this
additional
amount
so
that
the
favored
stability. This flexibility also allows
Fluff Rug Work
the pavement io maintain contact users of the service could receive a
That is what usually
Tripps Fluff Rug Works
with the underlying earth with its lower rate?
• .
OF ;
tremendous supporting power.
A happens in public ownership under
The Dalles Oregon
rigid material would be forced to takings but it is an unfair proposition
For Particulars see
CALIFORNIA
bridge every shrinkage .of earth which the public rebels against as
foundation or break under the load.” soon as it understands the situation.
Moro, Orogea, Friday, May 19, 1»25
Moro Garage
BILL- BARBLR
Moro Garage,
SAYS-'“ ’
B
S
Moro Hotel Barber Shop
BATHS'.
USE
Work
Hartwig’s Flower Shop
ARISTO
Your Summer Fallow
UNION
Fordson Full Crawler ,
GASOLINE
Save Your Horse Feed!
Williams Motor Co
Moro,
Oregon
What is the Condition of Your Car
We Specialize on Ford and Dodge Work
UNION OIL COMPANY
Many states have Uken advantage
I of the lesson Uught by the Tnastodon
stock in the asphalt. They have used
thousands of miles of well-packed
old gravel and macadam highways
find streets as the base for a water
proof covering of asphalt mixed with
crushed rock and rolled down under
pressure. Such roads and streets
have been in use many years. They
I were built at a minimum expense and
! have given a maximum of service
and taxpayers have been saved mil
lions of dollars.
L. W. Rakes, principal of Rufus
school, when visiting at this office
during the week stated that the
Brock school, joining Rufus district
on the east, had voted «t a recent
school meeting to close their school
next term and join with Rufus school.
The pupils of Brock school will be
taken to and from school each day
by motor. The change will increase
the number of teachers in the Rufus
school and make towards better effi
ciency in teaching.
H. Lloyd
Has Moved to Moro
and will r *
Repair Machinery
Phone or Write
The Observer, Moro Orc
* A “WANT” ad in T he M oro J
O bserver will reach more 2
* people 'in Sherman Cöunty. than ]
I by any other medium available. 4